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Roy Luarca

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Step to immortality

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?Manny Pacquiao takes another bold step toward sports immortality when he tangles with Antonio Margarito for the World Boxin…

Sun, 14 Nov 2010
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Quality sparmates toughen up Pacquiao

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?If the quality of sparmates were the gauge, Manny Pacquiao holds a huge edge over Antonio Margarito. Pacquiao, through chie…

Sat, 13 Nov 2010
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?Overwhelming choice?

GRAPEVINE, Texas?He absorbed volumes of punches from both Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito and weathered them all. Though he lost to bot…

Sat, 13 Nov 2010
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Prefight Pacman cool, suave

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?Living up to his new status as a congressman, Manny Pacquiao showed up in coat and tie for the prefight press conference of…

Fri, 12 Nov 2010
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Pacquiao whips up a storm in Texas

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?Team Pacquiao arrived here Monday night, turning the otherwise tranquil Gaylord Texan Hotel here into a beehive of activity…

Wed, 10 Nov 2010
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?I will not quit,? vows Margarito

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS?He?ll die fighting. This was the firm declaration of Antonio Margarito Monday (Tuesday in Manila) as he vowed not to repeat…

Wed, 10 Nov 2010
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Roach: Manny ready for fight

HOLLYWOOD?No more sleepless nights for Manny Pacquiao?s trainer Freddie Roach. The hard grind is over for him and the pound-for-pound king. …

Tue, 09 Nov 2010
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No rest on Manny?s day off

HOLLYWOOD?A typical day off for Manny Pacquiao will wear down an ordinary person. Sunday here (Monday in Manila) for the pound-for-pound kin…

Tue, 09 Nov 2010
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Pacquiao vows to land first blow

HOLLYWOOD?Almost perfect. After going through five rounds of sparring Saturday (Sunday in Manila), Manny Pacquiao declared that he's "totall…

Mon, 08 Nov 2010
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Roach mind games starting to work?

HOLLYWOOD?It seems that slowly but surely, Freddie Roach's trash talking is getting into Antonio Margarito's mind. Having read and heard rep…

Mon, 08 Nov 2010
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Tireless Pacman still awes trainer

HOLLYWOOD?Nonoy Neri has been a part of Manny Pacquiao?s training team for a decade now. He?d seen Pacquiao?s gruelling training sessions an…

Sun, 07 Nov 2010
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Pacquiao ?slaps? Ariza to reality

HOLLYWOOD?In a moment of idleness, Manny Pacquiao will often creep up on members of his entourage from behind and give them an open-fisted s…

Sun, 07 Nov 2010